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Dorothy Day and the Mott Street Kitchen

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In the winter of 1934, Dorothy Day stood in a cramped kitchen at 115 Mott Street in lower Manhattan, ladling bean soup to a line...

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Isaiah 58:1-12

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Dorothy Day and the Mott Street Kitchen

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